DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY 3 DFO has engaged resource users and others in recent years on improving fisheries and fish habitat management –Fisheries Management Renewal (FMR) has included: Atlantic Fisheries Policy Review and Framework Pacific Fisheries Renewal, including Pacific New Directions, responses to Joint Federal Provincial Task Group on Post Treaty Fisheries and First Nations Panel on Fisheries Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy (AFS) Review –Fisheries Habitat Management Renewal has advanced through the Environmental Process Modernization Plan (EPMP) Continuous improvement plan to re-define Habitat Management Program, improve delivery of DFO responsibilities for conservation and protection of fish habitat –Throughout, we have heard consistent messages: Provide predictability, stability and transparency Context
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